For this Discussion, you will take on the role of a clinician who is building a health history for one of the following cases.
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Case 2 |
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Chief Complaint |
“I have pain during intercourse and urination” |
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History of Present Illness (HPI) |
A 19-year-old female reports to you that she has “sores” on and in her vagina for the last three months. |
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Drug Hx |
She tries to practice safe sex but has a steady boyfriend and figures she doesn’t need to be so careful since she is on the birth control pill |
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Family Hx |
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Subjective |
states “I have sores and bumps on the inner creases of my thighs and pelvic area”. “There is yellowish discharge from the sores that comes and goes” |
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VS |
temperature: 100.2°F; pulse 92; respirations 18; BP 122/78; weight 156 lbs, 25 lbs overweight; height 5′3″ |
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General |
patient appears to have good hygiene; minimal makeup, pierced ears, no tattoos; well nourished (slightly overweight); no obvious distress noted |
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HEENT |
Atraumatic, normocephalic, PERRLA, EOMI, conjunctiva and sclera clear; nares patent, nasopharynx clear, good dentition. Piercing in her right nostril and lower lip. |
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Lungs |
within normal limits, appropriate lung sounds auscultated, clear and equal bilaterally |
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Card |
S1S2 without rub or gallop |
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Breast |
• INSPECTION: no dimpling or abnormalities noted upon inspection |
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Lymph |
Inguinal Lymph nodes: tenderness bilaterally, numerous, 1 cm in size |
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Abd |
tender during palpation; the left lower quadrant was very tender during palpation; patient denies nausea or vomiting |
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GU |
labia major and minor: numerous ulcerations, too many to count; some ulcerations enter the vaginal introitus; no ulcerations in the vagina mucosa; cervix is clear, some greenish discharge; bimanual exam reveals tenderness in left lower quadrant; able to palpate the left ovary; unable to palpate the right ovary; no tenderness; uterus is normal in size, slight tenderness with cervical mobility |
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Integument |
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MS |
Muscles are smooth, firm, symmetrical. Full ROM. No pain or tenderness on palpation. |
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Neuro |
No obvious deficits and CN grossly intact II-XII |
Once you received your case number, answer the following questions:
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What other subjective data would you obtain?
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What other objective findings would you look for?
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What diagnostic exams do you want to order?
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Name 3 differential diagnoses based on this patient presenting symptoms?
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Give rationales for your each differential diagnosis.
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What teachings will you provide?
Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.
